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COMMUNICATE 98 Communicate. Collaborate. Celebrate.

MENTORING DECEMBER 2021

DISTRICT 98

DISTRICT 98 LEADERSHIP TEAM 2021-22 Mukta Nadkar, DTM

District Director

Vishal Garg

Area Director, B1

Vinay Jain

Area Director, J3

Sapna Ohri, DTM

Program Quality Director

Vijaya Monteiro, DTM

Area Director, B2

Prathmesh Thanekar

Area Director, M1

Amandeep Singh, DTM Program Quality Director

Vrindavani Mulik

Area Director, B3

Nilesh Karande

Area Director, M2

Joy B. Hans, DTM

Program Quality Director

Pooja Daiya

Area Director, B4

Raj Bharat

Area Director, M3

Hardik Shah

Club Growth Director

Tanaya Sahu

Area Director, C1

Rohan Parakh

Area Director, M4

Sanjay R

Club Growth Director

Nishu Sharma

Area Director, C2

Riya Agrawal

Area Director, N1

Sandeep R Madasu

Club Growth Director

Varghese Vattathara

Area Director, C3

Gunjan Banarsi

Area Director, N2

Abbas Akbar, DTM

Administration Manager

Manish Kumar

Area Director, C4

Sapna Acharya

Area Director, N3

Pramod PB, DTM

Finance Manager

Himanshu Mahanta

Area Director, C5

Sakshi Bhuwal

Area Director, N4

Smita Mishra, DTM

Public Relations Manager

Kanchan Sonik, DTM

Area Director, D1

Sushil Pawar, DTM

Area Director, O1

Niteash Aggarwal, DTM Immediate Past District Director Tanay Rajwal

Area Director, D2

Deepika Kumari

Area Director, O2

Neha Bhatt, DTM

Division Director, A

Shreea Banerjee

Area Director, D3

Prashant Pote

Area Director, O3

Mohnish Dukhande

Division Director, B

Rahul Rashinkar

Area Director, D4

Unmesh Mohitkar

Area Director, O4

Milind Patwardhan

Division Director, C

Manasa Lakkakula

Area Director, E1

Aditya Saxena, DTM

Area Director, P1

Sanjukta Kundu, DTM

Division Director, D

Amulya Konda

Area Director, E2

Rabin Shetty

Area Director, P2

Kavitha Reddy, DTM

Division Director, E

Sai Santosh

Area Director, E3

Rajendra Waghmode

Area Director, P3

Shivani Singh

Division Director, F

Sunku Pruthvi

Area Director, E4

Sonia Cheulwar

Area Director, P4

Ravi Teja Peri

Division Director, G

Sivacharan Kollipara

Area Director, F1

Shubham Deshmukh

Area Director, P5

Haripriya Cherekar

Division Director, H

Swapna Pachala

Area Director, F2

Sriya Jambukar

Area Director, S1

Sakshi Shrivastava

Division Director, J

Kasturi Sydaiah

Area Director, F3

Poornima Thakur

Area Director, S2

Sunish Babu

Division Director, M

Jahanavi Rampalli

Area Director, F4

Ramanand Bhatt

Area Director, S3

Deepalika Kowar

Division Director, N

Charan Singh

Area Director, G1

Divya Iyer

Area Director, S4

Shaikh Shakil, DTM

Division Director, O

Alphamary Kuriachan

Area Director, G2

Ketkee Kamdar

Area Director, U1

Joylan Andrade

Division Director, P

Vamsi Yerrapragada

Area Director, G3

Dimple Mehta

Area Director, U2

Sunita Vinod

Division Director, S

Bhavana Tadiboina

Area Director, G4

Akshay Singh

Area Director, U3

Sanjan Shetty, DTM

Division Director, U

Vijay Kumar Bansal

Area Director, H1

Snehal Barve

Area Director, U4

Clyde Tellis

Division Director, W

Rishik Singh

Area Director, H2

Rajesh Kenkre

Area Director, W1

Rohin Sharma

Area Director, A1

Nivedita Rajurkar

Area Director, H3

Alvima Almeida

Area Director, W2

Utkarsh Dange

Area Director, A2

Nitya Sri Kalari

Area Director, H4

Anthony Gomes

Area Director, W3

Pinky Bahroos

Area Director, A3

Jayesh Kaushik

Area Director, J1

Pradnya Kosare

Area Director, W4

Nidhi Goel

Area Director, A4

Jyoti Bhat

Area Director, J2

Swapnil Jawale

Area Director, W5

Shailendra Singh

Logistics Manager

Ajit Limaye, DTM

Parliamentarian

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INDEX

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District Director's Address Cover Story Member Perspective Prospective & New Clubs

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Club Milestones

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Member Achievements

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Club Spotlight

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FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

We must find time to stop and thank those people who make a difference in our lives - John F Kennedy And one of those who make a difference for us are our mentors.

At every stage in my life, I had mentors, both visible and invisible, conscious and unconscious, situations and circumstances and what not! I would like to thank each one of them today with a lot of gratitude.

As a kid, my parents were my greatest mentors, they taught me the moral values that I stand for still today. Then came my teachers at school, college and CA articleship. And subsequently when I did my MBA and LLM while I was working and juggling between family, work and education.

My biggest mentor till date has been the experience of starting my own venture from zero and taking it to 9 different countries in the past 24 years.

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All being said and done, when I joined Toastmasters, I had great mentors like Arvind, Brillian and others who helped me at every step.

Even today, when I am the newsletter editor I do some mentoring from our District Director and DPRM in form.

Mentoring is a great relationship and a companionship we can build forever. With a mentor you can travel the same distance in less time.

As we begin this new year, with a new passion, with a new enthusiasm, with a new aim, with a new resolution, I urge you to find a mentor. You find a mentor at your work, find a mentor for life and relationships and finally find a mentor at Toastmasters. We as a community have seen what a mentor can do. When a mentor said, I see something in you - we had a champion. When a mentor said, you can do it, we had an achiever.

When a mentor said, you will, we saw someone come out of the shell and become confident. That is the power of mentoring.

So, go get a mentor today, now and take action...!!!

Then my books, I was very fond of reading and used to read many books and books can be the greatest mentors. I wish to go back to reading in 2022.

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Dr. Nishant S Mehta, DTM Chief Editor, Communicate 98

FROM THE TEAM

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SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER Any place District 98 can converse with it's members, it's on social media. What a time to be your District's face! It's fun to see you all keeping in touch in greater networks and listening to each others stories outside your clubs.

I found the joy to hop over your conversations too. Since my joining, I've enjoyed navigating your friends to clubs near them via DMs, featured your mentions on our Instagram stories, and got your attention to event reminders from across the states. To bolden up our conversations, I and Muskan plan to introduce content pieces to help you with Toastmaster experiences.

Mohammed Furqan Elan Toastmasters Hyderabad

Wish us luck! Catch up with me and Muskan on @d98tm to say hi!

CONTENT CURATOR OF THE MONTH December is the time of the year where most of us experience a mix of feelings. With end of the year round the corner, we rush towards completing our pending tasks for the year, both at the personal and professional levels. At the same time the joy of stating a new year on a fresh note is also many of us look forward to.

Vinod Basalalli, DTM Pimpri Toastmasters Club

2021 has been a challenging year which might have tested each one on many fronts. The learnings from this year would surely make all of you better and make you understand the value of things that matter the most. Hoping for a great 2022 for each one of you.

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Mentor – Mentee… A Win-Win Situation

A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself - Oprah Winfrey Season’s Greetings! I wish you and your families, good health, love and light in 2022.

One of the most satisfying and rewarding programs in Toastmasters and for me personally, is the Mentor Program. We all join Toastmasters to primarily build our confidence, enhance our communication and leadership, and become good public speakers. But we all need help! We need guidance! We need mentors! And I am most thankful for the outstanding mentors that I’ve had. Am also privileged with the amazing mentees that I’ve supported.

I think the responsibilities of being a mentor or Protégé are equal. A mentor can’t do much good if the protégé is unwilling to learn or reluctant to put in the effort. And the protégé cannot really improve if the mentor doesn’t find the time or have the right knowledge. But if both, the mentor and mentee, have the right attributes and attitude, if they show equal respect and sensitivity, the relationship could be a win-win situation for both.

Remain productive Fine tune their own skills Learn from mentees Derive deep satisfaction and gets recognition If a club has a healthy Mentor-Mentee Program, the club will always attract new members and retain old members because there is a sense of comfort and satisfaction. It is thus, a win-win situation for all.

I recommend with all my heart, that every Toastmaster finds a mentor who will challenge you, guide you and help you become the speaker and leader that you wish to be.

Mukta Nadkar, DTM District Director

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A mentor will help: Build confidence Enhance speaking skills Encourage participation Educate about club procedures

However, a mentor should have certain qualities should have the time, patience, knowledge, flexibility and ability to be a good listener. Only then can a mentor contribute his best. And remember, the mentor also gains in the process.

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COVER STORY

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TORCHBEARERS OF We live in a world where things evolve at a rapid pace. Technology, fashion, skills, or even challenges, each and everything has evolved rapidly in front of our eyes and thrown up more questions than answers.

Like the saying “Too many things spoil the broth” too many challenges on many fronts makes us loose our focus towards the things that really matter.

Often, we feel lost. Having a mentor around can help us navigate the challenges each situation throws at us and makes us better prepared to focus on the things that matter the most and help us reach our full.

A mentor is someone who sees more talent and ability within you, than you see in yourself, and helps bring it out of you. – Bob Proctor A mentor is someone who sees what you can become, not what you are, and guides you in your journey to challenge your potential.

A mentor will not give you answers about the things you should and should not do. But a mentor will throw questions at and you and guide you in the right direction for getting answers to those questions.

In the process, you evolve, you raise your bar and slowly reach the next level. Step by step and level by level, the mentor helps you evolve into you really are.

Steve Jobs-Mark Zuckerberg, Mahatma GandhiNelson Mandela & Sachin Tendulkar-Virender Sehwag are some of the famous mentor-mentee relationships where-in the insights and direction provided by mentors to their mentees have inspired mentees to great accomplishments in their field of interest.

TOASTMASTERS Sakshi Bhuwal, from SSIPMT Spellbinders Toastmasters Club says “The best thing about my mentor is that he is never satisfied. This trick works on me like magic, it brings me down from cloud 9 in seconds and inspires me to want to work harder to get better at everything I do” A mentor-mentee relationship is an integral part of every Toastmaster’s journey. With appropriate guidance from a mentor, a newly joined toastmaster can improve upon many aspects of communication and leadership and evolve into an effective communicator and a leader. In areas of speech development & delivery, conflict management and leading from the front, mentor inputs can help a mentee understand their strength and weaknesses and guide them to become better at leading and communicating.

Vamsi Krishna, Area G3 Director says “A mentor understands that his or her role is to be dependable, engaged, authentic, and tuned into the needs of the mentee.

Understanding the needs and the purpose of the way they joined toastmasters plays a vital role in their journey ahead. I suggest certain things for my mentees to push them for the next milestones.

1. Have a concrete goal 2. Plan Ahead 3. Go beyond the club.

4. Never give up.

5. Experiment and learn new things.

6. Take different roles.

7. Share your knowledge whenever possible.

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For mentoring to be effective, both the mentor and the mentee must play their part.

Heshma Daryanani, from Bibvewadi Toastmasters Club, lists out some best practices of mentoring.

1. Be consistent in being in touch with your mentees/mentors 2. Master the process first, then transfer the knowledge to your mentees.

3. Be confident in what you are conveying as mentees see you as their inspiration and leader to follow.

4. Listen to your mentees wrt what they wish to convey or if any challenges they are facing to resolve it.

5. Learn from the mentees as they may have different perspectives. 6. Always encourage and motivate the mentees.

n summary, a Mentor-Mentee relationship is a two-way delicate bridge, and for it to be effective both the mentor and the mentee must play their part fully.

The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves - Steven Spielberg

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DESIGN OF THE MONTH! Congratulations !!

Sweta Sao Rungta Toastmasters Club

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MEMBER PERSPECTIVE Mentor Mania

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Effective Mentoring

The best thing about my mentor is that he is never satisfied.

This trick works on me like magic, it brings me from cloud 9 in seconds and makes me want to get better at everything I do.

Name - Sakshi Bhuwal Role - IPP/ Area N4 Director Club name - SSIPMT Spellbinders Area/Division - N3

I am deeply indebted to my mentor DTM Sravanthi, who stays thousands of miles away from me but has a very special place in my heat.

When we met online, our connection was instantaneous. She has kept track of my progress ever since whenever I feel like I need to talk t her, I see her message in my mailbox like telepath. She has guided me on most of the intricate issues that I had doubts on.

One of the most advice that she has given me as “when in doubt, check what are you doing. Are you serving the toastmaster organization or some people?” are you following toastmasters values if I R S E? She has been constant source of inspiration for me and I intend to become one such mentor for all my mentees

Power of Mentoring, the new skill discovered in 2021 It was just 6 months ago when I look back of my journey as a Mentor, indeed, never knew I would travel so far in a short span of time. Made friends more like family.

Today when 2021 is going to end, I just look back at the old precious memories that I spent when I was A New Toastmaster and Now while typing this, so many mentees and mentors I have met more like friends and family.

The best practices I followed as mentor is as follows: 1. Be consistent in being in touch with your mentees/mentors 2. Take follow ups as Mentor-Mentee relationship is a two way communication bridge.

3. Master the process first, then transfer the knowledge to your mentees.

4. Be confident in what you are conveying as mentees see you as their inspiration and leader to follow.

5. Listen to your mentees what they wish to convey or if any challenges they are facing to resolve it.

6. Learn from the mentees as they may have different perspectives.

7.Encourage the mentees and Motivate them always.

Wishing you all the very best for the new year 2022 and Happy Mentoring! 😊

Name - Jyoti Bhat Role - Area J2 Director Club name - RG Orators toastmasters club Area/Division - J2/J

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Name - Heshma Daryanani Role - Vice President Education Club name - Bibvewadi Toastmasters Club Area/Division - D1

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MEMBER PERSPECTIVE

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Effective Mentoring An effective mentor understands that his or her role is to be dependable, engaged, authentic, and tuned into the needs of the mentee.

Understanding the needs and the purpose of way they joined toastmasters plays a vital role for their journey ahead. Like Steven Spielberg said, “The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.”

I suggest certain things for my mentees (and other toastmasters aswell who seek my advice) to push them for the next milestones.

1. Have a concrete goal – should me specific and realistic.

2. Always plan ahead rather than waiting for the right time.

3. Go beyond the club – try to explore the world out there.

4. Never give up – there are lot of opportunities.

5. Write next speech immediately the day you deliver a speech.

6. Connect with your mentor frequently - At least once in a week.

7. Experiment and learn new things.

8. Take different roles – if possible, take speaker slot once in 6 meetings.

9. Take minimum 1 Evaluator role after every 2 speeches.

10. Share your knowledge to others whenever it is possible.

When I joined Stellar Toastmasters Club, I was a hesitant, shy woman who never wished to raise hands and speak in public.

I also had a couple of miserable experiences of escapism when it came to addressing an audience. But, 9 months into the program, I was confident.

I must say, one primary reason for this is mentoring. I observed proficient speakers to learn from them, I watched my own speech recordings and did some self-mentoring and most important, last but not the least, I had been fortunate enough have a mentor like Dr. Brillian SK, who always helped me walk the path and sail through the projects and speeches.

I would like to show my heartfelt gratitude for Dr. Brillian S.K,DTM on this opportunity.

Name - Dr Megha Sharma Role - President Club name - Stellar Toastmasters Club Area/Division - U1

Name - Sai Raghu Vamsi Krishna Role - President Club name - Bibvewadi Toastmasters Club Area/Division - D1

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PROSPECTIVE & NEW CLUBS

Orange City Toastmasters Club DIVISION N Nagpur Contact: Deepalika Kowar- 7420 904451 Sapna Acharya- 85848 32151 Kolshet Toastmasters Club DIVISION M Mumbai Contact: Ramanathan N.S. - 88794 98694 Rohan Parakh - 96198 18414

Ghatkopar Toastmasters Club DIVISION U

Mumbai

Contact: Sanjan Shetty- 97694 46292 Ketkee Kamdar- 98335 24556

Chalk & Duster Toastmasters Club Mumbai Contact: Kartik Srinivasan - 98929 78833 Raj Bharat - 81086 16240 DIVISION M

Pride Toastmasters Club DIVISION U Mumbai Contact: Avantika Narayan -98336 55216 Dimple Mehta- 98700 34109

Cocanada Toastmasters Club DIVISION F

Kakinada

Contact: Lasya- 91335 57887 Subhash- 98852 32661 Bilingual Hindi-English Toastmasters Club

Clowning Glory Toastmasters DIVISION S Mumbai Contact: Ramanand- 99206 51204 Sunita- 98201 85976 The Millennial's Toastmasters Club DIVISION S

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Mumbai

Contact: Muskaan- 81696 68570 Poornima- 73973 70200

DIVISION J

Jamnagar

Contact: Deepali Parikh -99989 86982 Jyoti Bhat- 78386 13506

Charismatic Speakers Toastmasters Club DIVISION A

Bhopal

Contact: Pinky Bahroos -9974117798

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CLUB MILESTONES

MILESTONES

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&ANNIVERSARIES 3rd

RG Doyens Toastmasters Club

RG Doyens Toastmasters Club crossed a landmark 3rd Year since inception (21st Dec 2018)

Potpourri - A.C.R.O.N.Y.M Contest

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MEMBER ACHIEVEMENTS

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DISTINGUISHED TOASTMASTERS Congratulations on your persistent and tenacious efforts to achieve the highest accomplishment in Toastmasters!

Avinash Singh

Shailendra Singh

Mulund Toastmasters Club

Opulent Toastmasters Club Of Pune Camp

TRIPLE CROWN AWARDEES Congratulations on achieving three (or more) educational levels in the year.

Acharya, Supriya Bharadwaj, kausalya Gajivwala, Pouja Jignesh Garg, Vishal Gokhale, Hrishikesh Pradip Jagirdar, Sunif Asmat Kamdar, Ketkee Kashibolta, Venkata Harish Keni, Namrata Laddu, Supriya Majumdar, Sharmistha Guha Mohammed Abdul, Raheem P B, Pramod

Parkar, Priya G Raju, Raghunadha Sarikonda Rampalli, Jahanavi Raut, Rakesh Madhukar S, sai priyadarshini Shahidi, Ainain Shaik, Jan Siddaiah Shaik, John Pasha Sheth, Disha Singh, Dheeraj Kumar Singh, Shailendra Singh, Shivali Toraskar, Sachin

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TOASTMASTERS TRIVIA

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Do you think you know Toastmasters without a doubt?

Take this quiz and let’s find out!

Presenting the Toastmasters Trivia: 11 Months ~ 11 rounds ~ 55 questions.

Answer 5 questions correctly every month and at the end of 11 rounds, stand a chance to win exciting prizes from District 98!

Mail them to newsletter@district98.org

TRIVIA #6 1. In the 1930s, the Toastmasters logo was inscripted with two Latin words. What were those words?

2. What positions did Ralph C. Smedley take after Toastmasters International was incorporated in 1932?

3. When was the Communication and Leadership program introduced?

4. Who was the first Executive Director of Toastmasters International?

5. What are the four types of Toastmasters clubs ?

ANSWERS TO TRIVIA #3 1. 1941 2. 54 % 3. 1981 4. Southport England 5. Kuala Lumpur

TRIVIA LEADERBOARD 1. Mayuri Assudani 2. Bhumi Panjwani 3. Akshay Singh 4. Jyoti Bhat

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CLUB SPOTLIGHT DIV A

DIV C

DIV E

DIV G

Bhopal Toastmasters Club (7240051), Bhopal Sunday,10:30 AM President: Shobhit Jain

Aundh Toastmasters Club (7239392), Pune Sunday, 03:00 PM President: Adithya Narayan

Toastmasters CBIT (2694327), Hyderabad Friday, 04:30PM President: Navya

Indian School of Business (1095031), Hyderabad Friday, 05:00PM President: Aakarshit

Corporate Club

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DIV B

DIV D

DIV F

DIV H

College Club

Articulators (7770363), Mumbai Friday,12:00PM President: Nikita Naik

John Deere Pune Toastmasters Club 3.0 (2187981), Pune Friday, 10:00 AM President:

ZF Toastmasters (7913167), Hyderabad Wednesday,04:00PM (2nd & 4th) President: Omkara Gopichand Cheetrala

Alight Hyderabad Toastmasters Club (6886129), Hyderabad Friday, 04:30 PM President: Vamshi Krishna Alladi

Community Club

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CLUB SPOTLIGHT DIV J

RG Doyens (7169553), Jamnagar Sunday,03:00PM President: Rudresh Dixit

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DIV M

Worley India Toastmasters Synergy (7842156), Navi Mumbai Saturday,03:00PM (2nd & 4th) President: Swapnil Kamble Speakers Community Toastmasters Club (7849707), Navi Mumbai Sunday, 04:00 PM President: Madhuvani Annavajhala

Rajkot Toastmasters Club (7403659), Rajkot Saturday,06:00PM President: Dhaval Lotia

DIV N

Raisoni Institute’s Diamond Toastmasters Club (992223), Nagpur Tuesday,10:00 AM President: Aarti Deshpande Raisoni Institute’s Emerald Toastmasters Club (992337), Nagpur Friday,10:00 AM President: Jyoti Pillay

DIV O

Deutsche Bank Pune Toastmasters Club (6592020), Pune Wednesday,11:30AM President: Nabanita Das Toastmasters for Pune Entrepreneurs 2.0 (7448369), Pune Friday,07:00 PM President: Col Uday Jagvakar

DIV P

Kolhapur Toastmasters Club (7843205), Kolhapur Sunday,10:00 AM President: Karan Parekh Druva Toastmasters Club (7870821), Pune Thursday,02:30PM (Twice) President: Harsha Pandey

DIV S

CIPLA Toastmasters (7700494), Mumbai Saturday, 10:30AM (2nd & 4th) President: Nikhil Halwalkar

VJTI Toastmasters Club (7854983), Mumbai Friday,06:30PM (2nd & 4th) President: Mahek Salia

DIV W

DIV U

Hindalco Toastmasters Club (7861075), Mumbai Saturday, 04:30PM (Alternate) President: Suhas Kabra

Toastmasters club of Allscripts Pune (6090346), Pune Friday: 04:00PM President: Pooja Kashid

Expedition Toastmasters Club (7289546), Mumbai FThursday,03:00 PM (Alternate) President: Sarvesh Kumar Tiwari

Corporate Club

Citi eXpressions Toastmasters club (5094604), Pune Friday: 11:00AM President: Rini Saren

College Club

Community Club

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MEET THE TEAM PR MANAGER

Smita Mishra, DTM

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CHIEF EDITOR

Nishant Mehta, DTM

CONTENT MANAGERS

Meenal Bale

Madhuri Vadari Venkatraman B

Vinod Basalalli

DESIGNER

Khushi Nigam

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